mr. graham stuart. >> thank you, mr. speaker. the whole house will wish to associate itself with the prime minister's tribute to the fallen. can i ask the prime minister join me in congratulating country foods onto 50 million-pound investment creating a state-of-the-art facility in my constituency, license for export to the is department of agriculture from exporting throhout the e.u. and employ no more than 1200 people? here, here. >> unfortnuately, mr. speaer, the food standards agency is blocking export from this excellent plot to the parties. can the prime minister assured me that job history on this is a regulations will not be tolerated by his government? >> i serving to my honorable friend congratulating the company in his constituency further expansion of the welcome new jobs that they bring to it is my plan would balance our economy with greater emphasis on investment, on business investment and on exports. and in terms of exports to china they went up by over 20% last year. i'm sorry do everything i can to help resolve

. >> and pamela said, may i follow up with you today, mrs. graham? and she so politely said, please do, pamela. and that was probably 15, 16 years ago, and the washington post is still a client today. >> tom: certainly speaks to her tenacity and her ability to connect with other powerful leaders, doesn't it? >> she does it brilliantly, and effortlessly. >> i don't know of anybody else who can meet somebody on an elevator, particularly somebody who is important as kath rip graham, and end up -- catherine graham, and end up with the business. and i think that story, motivates her team, because they know that she is out there, constantly with her creativity. developing opportunity. and so people want to be on her team, they want to be an important part of those opportunities. >> wonderful town, wonderful people, places to go, things to see, life is good in kalamazoo. >> tom: pamela believes part of that ability to relate to people quickly comes from growing up in kalamazoo, michigan. >> my older brother joel who grew up with me, he became a heart surgeo

mr. graham stuart. >> thank you, mr. speaker. the whole house will wish to associate itself with the prime minister's tribute to the fallen. can i ask the prime minister join me in congratulating country foods onto 50 million-pound investment creating a state-of-the-art facility in my constituency, license for export to the is department of agriculture from exporting throughout the e.u. and employ no more than 1200 people? here, here. >> unfortnuately, mr. speaker, the food standards agency is blocking export from this excellent plot to the parties. can the prime minister assured me that job history on this is a regulations will not be tolerated by his government? >> i serving to my honorable friend congratulating the company in his constituency further expansion of the welcome new jobs that they bring to it is my plan would balance our economy with greater emphasis on investment, on business investment and on exports. and in terms of exports to china they went up by over 20% last year. i'm sorry do everything i can to help resol

mr. graham who killed adrian in cold blood while she was stopped at a stop light in mississippi, we decidedo change the way pardons are granted. but ever so slightly really. we just wanted to make sure that the victims of the crime and the family members of the victims and the law enforcement personnel who worked so hard to put these folks behind bars had an opportunity to be heard prior to the pardon being granted. and that -- so i've tried to pass a bill that would allow for that here. and for results of the hearing to be communicated to the governor prior to the granted of a pardon, and i was unsuccessful in doing that. >> how have your constituents reacted to the news of the recent pardons? >> not only my constituents but everybody i come in contact with on a daily basis, inside the capital, outside the capital, folks from all over the state are all reacting similarly with equal measures of shock and revungz. you know, just the sheer number of pardons is astounding. >> we had the attorney general on the program. he pointed out that under the constitution in mississippi, you have to publ

mr. graham who killed adrian in cold blood while she was stopped at a stop light in mississippi, we decidedchange the way pardons are granted. but ever so slightly really. we just wanted to make sure that the victims of the crime and the family members of the victims and the law enforcement personnel who worked so hard to put these folks behind bars had an opportunity to be heard prior to the pardon being granted. and that -- so i've tried to pass a bill that would allow for that here. and for results of the hearing to be commute dated to the governor prior to the granting of a pardon and i was unsuccessful in doing that. >> how have your constituents reacted to the news of the recent pardons? >> not only my constituents but everybody i come in contact with on a daily basis, folks from all over the state are all reacting similarly with equal measures of shock and revulsion. you know, just the sheer number of pardons is astounding. >> we had the attorney general on the program. he pointed out that under the constitution in mississippi, you have to public 30 days in advance in a local newspap

mr. graham for a minute for an opening statement. >> thank you, madam chair. first, let me state that i disagree with my colleague on the other side of the aisle, the ranking member i think the volcker rule is a horrible idea. and i think it should be repealed. proprietary trading, you know, as we just heard was not a driving cause in the finance across but this will do little more than add needless cost and complexity to an untold number of financial transactions. so with that being said it's my opinion that the regulators have also been a bit overzealous in proposing the rule, and some of underway, through creative ways to make a terrible rule even worse. you take the exemptions of municipal securities, for example. dodd-frank aside on distinct but in general obligation bonds and limited obligation bond. yet the regular saw fit to insert into the rulemaking i wish it is explicitly -- to the vocal. this decision will limit liquidity securities and raise borrowing costs and is about these for cities like new york city. and with that i will yield back. >> thank

mr. graham stuart. >> thank you, mr. speaker.the whole house will wish to associate itself with the prime minister's tribute to the fallen. can i ask the prime minister join me in congratulating country foods onto 50 million-pound investment creating a state-of-the-art facility in my constituency, license for export to the is department of agriculture from exporting throughout the e.u. and employ no more than 1200 people? here, here. >> unfortnuately, mr. speaker, the food standards agency is blocking export from this excellent plot to the parties. can the prime minister assured me that job history on this is a regulations will not be tolerated by his government? >> i serving to my honorable friend congratulating the company in his constituency further expansion of the welcome new jobs that they bring to it is my plan would balance our economy with greater emphasis on investment, on business investment and on exports. and in terms of exports to china they went up by over 20% last year. i'm sorry do everything i can to help resolv

graham gano. >> let's talk about that other game, the giants and 49ers. they had a goat in that one too. what do you think about mred those two balls? should he stay or go? >> you can't let go of guys for one mistake. he gave the game away. he is the backup punt return. ted ginn would have been in there, knee problem, couldn't play. you can't make mistake like that. he probably feels awful. i feel bad for the defense because they played so well and certainly well enough to win that game. but kyle williams is one of those guys who will go down in nfl history of make a huge mistake in a huge spot. >> i think inexperience cost him on that first one. the indecisiveness where it went off his knee and the second one, i think he kind of relaxed much like lee evans in the first game. i think kyle williams relaxed and allowed the ball to get through on the second one. >> the niners won games this year by taking the ball way from their opponents, by playing great special teams and great defense. >> real quick, i want to talk about joe paterno. pretty sad, penn state coach passing away from lung cancer. the thing is i think

mr. president, i just want to correct the record. my staff tells me that senator grahamt a cosponsor of the social security reform bill. it is senator kyl and myself who are the cosponsors. and the age at which you would not be affected is 58, not 55. thank you, mr. president. the presiding officer: without objection, the record will be corrected. mrs. hutchison: thank you. and i yield the floor, and i suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: the presiding officer: the senator from florida. mr. rubio: i ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be suspended and that i be recognized -- the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. mr. rubio: i ask unanimous consent that i be recognized to speak as if in morning business for up to 15 minutes. the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. mr. rubio: thank you, mr. president. it's good to be back, good to be back at work here in washington, d.c. we have the big state of the union which is the beginning of the legislative year. we look forward to the a

mr. mccain: this bipartisan amendment is simple. it would prohibit bonuses for senior executives at fannie fannie mae and freddie mac. i'm joined by senators rockefeller, enzi, johanns, barrasso, blunt, graham, coburn, and thune. since they're placed in conservatorship in 2008 these government-sponsored entities have soaked the american taxpayer fear nearly $170 billion in bailouts. recently freddie mac requested an additional $6 billion and fannie mae requested an additional $7.8 billion. that's $13.8 billion more coming out of the pockets of hard-working americans, many of which are underwater on their mortgages. now, i'd like to read a article from "politico" back in october titled "fannie and freddie bailout big bonuses." federal finance agency, the government regulator for fannie and freddie approved $12.7 million in bonus pay after ten executives from the two government-sponsored corporations last year met modest performance targets tied to modifying mortgages in jeopardy of foreclosure. executives got the bonuses about two years after the federally-backed mortgage giants received nearly $170 billion in taxpayer bailouts and despite pledges by f.h.a., the office tasked with keeping th